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Is SLI worth it?
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I am thinking of going SLI after my upgrade, with 2 GTX 660(Not Ti). I was wondering if that would bw worth it or not?
After upgrade:
CPU : Intel i5-4690K (OC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 ATX LGA1150
RAM: 8GB
PSU: 600W Corsair
GPU: GTX 660SLI or a single GTX 970?
After upgrade:
CPU : Intel i5-4690K (OC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 ATX LGA1150
RAM: 8GB
PSU: 600W Corsair
GPU: GTX 660SLI or a single GTX 970?
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Better getting one higher card then multiple lower cards due to many problems such as frame stuttering and overall capabilities of more then 1 graphics card in a game and if you chose to move to Linux or Ubuntu it has very little to no support for sli.
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I would go with the single 970. Its better to have one better card than 2 weaker cards.
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Single 970 is going to out-perform SLI 660's anyway I'm pretty sure. Running low-end cards in SLI/XFire is pointless IMO.
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While watching this video, i see that there are very little performance difference with this game, at most it's 6-7 frames different and i already have a GTX 660, so it would be over 100GBP to get another one for a very small FPS difference. I am on Windows and don't plan on going to any other OS. If you was on a very tight budget, (Don't work) Would i save up and get the GTX 970 or just get another GTX660 and SLI them?
EDIT: After seeing this video, i may just save up for that single GTX970 and maybe SLI them or something i the future.
While watching this video, i see that there are very little performance difference with this game, at most it's 6-7 frames different and i already have a GTX 660, so it would be over 100GBP to get another one for a very small FPS difference. I am on Windows and don't plan on going to any other OS. If you was on a very tight budget, (Don't work) Would i save up and get the GTX 970 or just get another GTX660 and SLI them?
EDIT: After seeing this video, i may just save up for that single GTX970 and maybe SLI them or something i the future.
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1 more powerful card always is better
unless you have dolla. lots and lots of dolla
unless you have dolla. lots and lots of dolla
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id grab one 970 for now its a really good graphics card right now and its priced right, and then down the road sli with another one if you would like. And not all games support sli..
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